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LABOUR

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The 114th IPE helps Armstrong celebrate its 100th birthday this year.

“The centennial will be one of our theme days and there will be centennial displays, along with our overall theme, Enjoy the Fruits of Our Labour,” said Bryan Burns, Interior Provincial Exhibition and Stampede general manager.

He likes to think that people who came to the fair a century ago would be happy to see many of the things that made have made it a cherished tradition are still there.

“That’s the beauty of our fair. We have maintained all the best of the agricultural elements. We have 20 divisions that people can enter — animals, crops, floral, hobbies. Now that people are not so close to agriculture, there is a large educational component with a sow and a litter, a calf being born, and chicken and dairy displays.

People, especially the former farmers, enjoy seeing the agricultural equipment,” he said.

“And we don’t forget the other traditions that make a great fair — the midway, the entertainment, and the food like the haystacks and the horse blankets. There’s such a great variety of food options now.”

The IPE involves almost everyone in the community in some way, from volunteering for board of directors and all the other things that have to be done year round to make the fair a success, to local non-profits sponsoring fair activities as fundraisers for their work. The fair also benefits the community by buying locally. There are 450 volunteers who put in more than 12,000 hours each year and about 100 local people who have short-term jobs during the fair.

Then there are the 2,000 exhibitors with about 7,000 exhibits, most of them (46 Allan Johnson scrapes paint off the portable bleachers to get them ready for per cent) from the North Okanagan Shuswap, about 37 per cent from the Central refinishing for the IPE. The Interior Provincial Exhibition and Stampede runs Aug. Okanagan and the rest from around the province and Western Canada. Last year’s 28 to Sept. 1 in Armstrong.

150,170 visitors came from as far away as Europe and Asia.

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Enjoy the Fruits of our Labour continued from page 3 “Saturday is always parade day and we have the rodeo, which is one of the best in the province,” said Burns.

He’s proud that Western Horse Magazine (July/August 2013) named the IPE #16 in its list of must-sees, with the Calgary Stampede at #12.

Two years ago, Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine ranked the IPE as the number one Best Fair and Rodeo in North America.

“It’s family friendly and everyone talks to each other. It just makes you feel good to be there. Most people come at least twice and some come all five days,” he said.

Attractions like entertainment, including a youth talent contest, on three stages, stock dog and dog agility events and shows, like the 4-H displays and show animals, within the divisions keep people happy. There are more than 200 vendors at the fair. The West Coast Lumber Jacks Show and the mini-chuck wagons racing are also crowd pleasers. Last year’s popular Barn Dances will be back on Friday and Saturday nights.

“I try and get everywhere on the grounds and see how everything is going, any little changes that would make things even better. I also go to other fairs during the year to see what we can learn from them,” said Burns.

“People work all year round to make the fair happen. In the fall, people are already asking us what the theme will be for next year. We have a great fair and everybody takes pride and wants to deliver a great product. A lot of people on the board were in the fair in 4-H and still show their animals.

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“We’ll be doing feats of strength and cultural expressions that come mainly from the South Pacific Islands,” said April Fine, who along with her Tongan husband, Masiu, facilitate Youth With A Mission Global Gateway from their office in Oliver.

“You’ve probably seen the Haka performed at the beginning of rugby games by the world-famous New Zealand All Blacks. Well, our guys will be doing the Haka before they start breaking bricks, tearing phone books and bending rebar.”

It will be Team Xtreme’s first-ever appearance at the IPE. Besides Fines, Team Xtreme will also feature one other male performer from Tonga, one man from Fiji, two men from Samoa and one Canadian woman.

As Team Xtreme is a Christian non-denominational organization, their performances come with a strong message aimed mainly at youth.

“We won’t be out there thumping the bible, but our show is a challenge for youth to make better choices,” said Fine. “To turn away from addictions, drugs, alcohol, whatever. It’s an alternative for what you can do with your life and make better and positive choices.

“We want you to know there are other options out there.”

The breaking of bricks is a message to show people that they can break through challenges that life throws at them, and overcome the challenges.

The Fines have been spreading their message around the world, including Uganda, where the pair served as missionaries.

“Our team members each have a story to tell about how their understanding of their identity has been transformed and their lives have changed direction,” said Fine. “There are many battles that we face in our world and Team Xtreme desires to equip this generation to rise up and take a stand, and to make good decisions which have a positive impact in our communities.”

Team Xtreme will perform three times daily at the IPE: at noon, 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

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President’s Message

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Welcome to the 114th Interior Provincial Exhibition and Stampede!!

It is with great pleasure that I extend on behalf of the Board of Directors, a hearty welcome to come and experience the excitement of the 114th Interior Provincial Exhibition and Stampede.

Where else can you do and see so much in just five days? We invite you to “our Fair”, one of the largest agricultural exhibitions in Western Canada. Bring the whole family. Have some fun, meet some friends, and get back to your agricultural roots while enjoying some premier entertainment, great food, midway rides, livestock, poultry and horse shows.

You will find something for every age at the IPE. Do you know where the food you are eating comes from? How and where it is grown? Or how often cows get milked? Find out by checking out our many exhibits in the barns, our show halls and in our commercial areas. We are proud to be able to showcase agriculture and agricultural education at its best!!

We are pleased once again this year to be hosting the Wrangler Tour Pro Rodeo.

So grab your boots and hat and get ready for five action-packed evening performances under the lights at one of Canada’s highest rated pro rodeos.

I wish to extend a huge thank you to our Board of Directors, our many volunteers, IPE staff, our Sponsors, and the communities of Armstrong and Spallumcheen. The IPE would not be the huge success it is without your continued support.

This year “Haystack” is saluting the Fruit division. So come on down and “ENJOY THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOUR AT THE IPE”!! See you there!!

Jeanne Noble Harter IPE President

General Manager’s Message On behalf of the hard working and dedicated team that make the I.P.E. the premier agricultural fair in BC, please join us for the celebration of “the Fruits of our Labour in 2013!”

With our emphasis on our Fruit Division, make sure you take the time to visit all our divisions at the fair.

The fair will continue to embrace the Family fun atmosphere, showcase our agricultural roots and provide new and exciting activities and programs to meet the needs of our guests.

Come enjoy the exciting Wrangler Tour Finals Rodeo action, the musical talent on the Dodge Main Stage, the variety of vendors PLUS you don’t want to miss the exciting attractions in the Kids World. The many agricultural shows and displays are situated throughout the grounds as well as the fun of the West Coast Amusements Midway.

Special thank you to all our staff, sponsors, partners, exhibitors, entertainers, suppliers, retailers, vendors and volunteers that ensure the traditions continue and that new memories are made when the fair comes to town.

Have a wonderful experience at the 114th Interior Provincial Exhibiltion and Stampede and thank you for being part of this grand tradition.

Once again, I hope to see many of you at the fair and hope we will provide a lifetime of memories as you experience one of the unique agricultural exhibitions in the province. Enjoy the fair!

Bryan Burns General Manager - IPE

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CARA BRADY The people who came out to the IPE more than 100 years ago would recognize most of the finest local produce on display and would be happy to know it’s still being used in delicious meals.

Iron Chef team from the BX Grill at the What they might puzzle over are locally Vernon Lodge. L to R: Heath Cates, produced wild boar prosciutto, romanExecutive Chef, Sous-Chef Brian Flint esque cauliflower, dragon tongue beans and Sous-Chef Matt Tardiff . and haskup berries. The IPE’s Iron Chef competition brings these and more traditional ingredients together to showcase the best the valley has to offer.

“The professional chefs from area hotels, wineries and restaurants are given a bag of ingredients, one of which is the secret ingredient, and they have to plan and produce a five-course meal. They also have access to local vegetables and fruit, protein and a basic pantry,” said organizer Andrea Gunner.

“The judges are professionals from the food industry and one person selected from the audience before the competition starts. The chefs have 15 minutes to plan and an hour to get the meal ready. We have some world-class chefs in the area and it’s exciting to see what they come up with.”

For the first time, this year’s competition will incorporate the use of elements of molecular gastronomy, which means combining ingredients in new ways. For example, the thickener agar with balsamic vinegar and wasabi to make little pearls that pop with flavour in the mouth. Last year, one chef made a palate cleanser between courses of lemon balm and liquid nitrogen, making it into a spoonful of cold steam.

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Iron Chef continued from page 13 “That was unexpected and a crowd pleaser. It’s adding chemistry to cooking in a very playful way. The audience also likes the chance to try the samples from our suppliers who are very generous. This is a chance to see food that is only in the finest restaurants,” said Gunner, an agricultural economist who is involved in local food security organizations. The idea for Iron Chef as part of the IPE came from IPE past president Shirley Fowler who heard about it at the UBCM conference. The first Iron Chef was in 2010.

“It has been a lot of fun. This is the region of Canada that is the most diverse agriculturally, including the wineries, and people are introducing new and heirloom varieties of produce, things like you see in markets in Paris or Amsterdam. Some of the chefs didn’t know a few of the products we gave them and it was exciting to see how creative they were,” said Gunner, who has recently returned from a twoweek culinary tour of Paris.

“My passion in life is to help make farming economically viable. Having the Iron Chef fits in with the IPE celebration of good food and helps people learn about how they can get good ingredients locally and prepare and enjoy that food.”

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1:30pm 2:00pm

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3:00pm-4:30pm

X-treme Westcoast

5:30pm 6:00pm

Becca Mabbet Jerry Doucette 6:30pm-7:45pm

Westcoast Lumberjack Show

8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm

Youth Talent Competition

11:00pm

10:00pm

8:00pm

IPE-SunFM

7:30pm

Band Travis Flello

7:00pm

Aaron Gordon

6:30pm

5:00pm

FINALS

X-treme

4:30pm

IRON CHEF

4:45pm-6:15pm

All day Team

4:00pm

3:30pm

3:00pm

2:30pm

Cod Gone Wild

Skye Bryant

Collin Crof

Kowenhoven

1:00pm

Monster Trucks

Lumberjack Show

The Beat

Team

IRON CHEF

High Mileage

Westcoast Lumberjack Show

12:30pm

11:30am-1pm

X-treme

12:00pm

11:30am

11:00am

10:30am

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9:30am

9:00am

8:30am

8:00am

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Approx Times

Band

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STAGE

LEE'S MUSIC EMERGING

Team

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All Exhibit Halls Open 10am

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Grand Opening Gates - 4:30pm Come “Celebrate the Fruits of our- Main Labour” at the 114th IPE in 2013!

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7:30pm

9:00pm 9:30pm

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11:00pm

10:00pm

8:30pm

IPE-SunFM

8:00pm

7:00pm

Band

6:30pm

Aaron Gordon

Youth Talent

Travis Flello

6:30pm-7:45pm

6:00pm

Lumberjack Show

5:30pm

FINALS

Becca Mabbet X-treme Jerry Doucette

5:00pm

All day Team Westcoast

4:30pm

IRON CHEF

4:45pm-6:15pm

4:00pm

3:30pm

Monster Trucks

Skye Bryant

3:00pm

Cod Gone Wild

Lumberjack Show

3:00pm-4:30pm

Westcoast

2:30pm

Kowenhoven Collin Crof

2:00pm

Jeff The Beat

1:30pm

1:15pm-2:45pm

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Approx Times

FINALS

IRON CHEF

Dave Kopp

STAGE

LEE'S MUSIC EMERGING

High Mileage

11:30am-1pm

Band

Jack Jackson

X-treme

Team

Lumberjack Show

Westcoast

X-treme

Team

All Exhibit Halls Open 10am

Westend - outside Norval/Diamond Centre

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Sunday, August 25, 2013 - The Morning Star Z21

More to See and Do!

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An exhilarating showcase of fearless skills and daredevil displays, you might see log rolling, chainsaw carving, buck sawing, axe throwing, pole climbing and much more.

Dazzling showmanship makes for an unforgettable experience!

The excitement of the chuckwagon races in miniature! The miniature horses with big hearts seem to love putting on a show to thrill and entertain audiences of all ages.

Check it out every afternoon in the main Grandstand - fast, fun, edgeof-your-seat action!

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Grand Opening - Main Gates - 4:30pm RAM TRUCK STAGE

8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm

Youth Talent Competition

11:00pm

10:00pm

8:00pm

7:30pm

IPE-SunFM

7:00pm

Band

6:30pm

Aaron Gordon Travis Flello

6:30pm-7:45pm

6:00pm

Becca Mabbet X-treme Jerry Doucette

5:30pm

Westcoast

5:00pm

FINALS

All day Team

Lumberjack Show

4:30pm

IRON CHEF

4:00pm

3:30pm

3:00pm

4:45pm-6:15pm

Skye Bryant

Collin Crof

Cod Gone Wild

3:00pm-4:30pm

The Beat

2:30pm

2:00pm

Kowenhoven

1:30pm

Jeff 1:15pm-2:45pm

1:00pm

12:30pm

12:00pm

FINALS

IRON CHEF

Dave Kopp

11:30am

11:00am

10:30am

10:00am

9:30am

9:00am

8:30am

8:00am

7:30am

Approx Times

High Mileage

11:30am-1pm

Band

Jack Jackson

STAGE

LEE'S MUSIC EMERGING

Monster Trucks

Lumberjack Show

Westcoast

X-treme

Team

Lumberjack Show

Westcoast

X-treme

Team

All Exhibit Halls Open 10am

Westend - outside Norval/Diamond Centre

Each year the IPE Board of Directors selects a worthy non-profit charity to support with various proceeds from the fair. This year we have selected Multiple Sclerosis - North Okanagan Chapter.

Sunday Charity day WEDNESDAY - SENIOR DAY Z22 114th Annual Interior Provincial Exhibition and Stampede

Sunday, August 25, 2013 - The Morning Star Z23

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Talent on Display in Exhibition Halls

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Enjoy the IPE! We will be open during our regular hours

The IPE started as an exhibit of the best people had to show, and many visitors still head to the exhibit halls first. The exhibit areas, from the areas for animals to the crops and crafts, always interest and delight, thanks to the people who bring the fruits of their work to the fair.

Sisters Marge Sauer and Myrt Smeaton were always artistic, with Sauer teaching herself to paint and Smeaton showing her musical talent at an early age. Over the years, they’ve tried ceramics, woodwork, making flowers and sewing.

“Anything we heard about, we had to try it,” said Sauer.

When they started making miniatures in 2000, they knew they’d found the craft for them. From then on, they’ve both entered miniatures and other categories at the IPE every year.

“It’s always a lot of fun. We get together for that week, Marge comes from Kelowna, and have a good visit and go to the fair. My daughter and granddaughter come and now they enter things too,” said Smeaton, who lives in Salmon Arm. Her husband, Bill, enters men’s cooking and they both enter the rose divisions, winning the trophy for best in show several years ago.

Seeing their exhibits after judging is always exciting.

“To see that red ribbon and know I actually won it. It’s good,” said Sauer.

They encourage each other.

“Marge paints so well. You can see how artistic she is,” she said, pointing out some of the paintings on a variety of materials that will be in the fair.

The term miniatures covers making just about anything to a scale of 1” to 12” or 1/2” to 12” or, smallest of all, 1/4’ to 12”. While any material is creative fair game, many miniaturists use the Fimo (polymer clay) to shape the items they want.

Smeaton and Sauer make dolls, fruit, right down to absolutely perfect blueberries, other food, animals, and flowers with Fimo.

They like making room boxes, detailed replicas of c. 1900 scenes.

Gel’s Sweets and Treats room box features luscious looking cakes and baking, complete with cherries, displayed in a tea room. The sisters have made doll houses for their grandchildren and won prizes for their doll houses in shows.

“We came away with top prizes in shows in Seattle, Vancouver and Edmonton and had a display at O’Keefe Ranch a few years ago,” said Smeaton.

They’re always on the look out for things they can use in their art, keeping in mind their father’s saying that he could always make something from nothing.

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Sunday, August 25, 2013 - The Morning Star Z27 “I bought alpaca wool for doll hair at the IPE and we’re always getting ideas. We watch cooking shows and really look at things around us so we can make them. We spent hours making a turkey once,” said Sauer, who misses the help she got with woodwork from her late husband, Royce.

While they have been asked to teach, they prefer to spend time on their own art.

“Inspiration just comes to me as I work. It can take a long time to make the smallest things but you learn tricks and there’s always another idea,” said Smeaton, who used to sell her miniature food at craft shows and on eBay. Sauer agreed.

“We can never say we have nothing to do because we always

think of something else. Sometimes at night when I’m supposed to be sleeping, I’m thinking of what I can make next,” she said. “We like entering things in the IPE because all the people in the office are so nice and friendly and they make it easy to do the entries.”

Her next project will be room boxes of a log cabin and an artist’s studio, with her own miniature paintings. Smeaton isn’t sure what she’ll do, maybe dolls, like the one in a replica of the wedding dress she made for her granddaughter.

And they’ll be at the fair for as many days as possible to enjoy all the exhibits, vendors and entertainment

Inspiration just comes to me

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Marge Sauer, left, and Myrt Smeaton with some of the crafts they will have in the hobbies division of the IPE. About 2,000 individual exhibitors with 7,000 exhibits are one of the main attractions at the fair.

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welcomes you to the

114th IPE & Stampede!

Have a safe, happy time!

Please use the ‘Pay Parking’ to help avoid congestion Most of the parking money raised goes to local charities such as PACs, Scouts & Rotary.

Like many announcers before him, Brett Gardiner’s Rodeo career began in the arena as a contestant. While competing in both the Roughstock and Timed Events, he gained an insight and love for the sport of Rodeo. It is that love for the sport and appreciation for the contestants that he tries to convey to the audience each and every performance. Gardiner’s distinctive sound, infectious energy and informative style has seen him climb the ranks of the industry and become one of the most sought after Announcers on Canadian soil.

An occupation that will see him travel from coast to coast 40 weeks of the year as he has quickly and firmly endeared himself to audiences across Canada. Brett has been fortunate enough to have received the Bill Kehler Memorial award on two separate occasions during his intercollegiate career and in 2011 and 2012 received the industry’s top honour by being named the CPRA’s Announcer of the Year.

When not travelling the Rodeo trail Brett makes his home in Sylvan Lake, AB with his wife Jaclyn and their two children Grady and Hadley.

No Clowning Around...

Dennis Halstead has been a Professional Rodeo Clown and Barrelman for 11 years and still enjoys being in the arena as much today as he did 10 years ago. Dennis carries that enthusiasm into the arena with each performance.

As well as a Rodeo Clown, he has been a City of Calgary Firefighter for 25 years. Being a Firefighter has helped him appreciate what he does in rodeo, especially his kindness towards children.

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The Border Collie was originally called the “Scotch Sheep Dog” and originated in Northumberland along the borders of Scotland and England.

It is a descendant of dogs used by the Vikings to herd reindeer. By using their prey/predator relationship, and their sheer drive and love for working, the Border Collie has an eye that can hypnotize cattle. It can master any type of herd by crouching down and mesmerizing the animals with its intense stare.

The shepherds in Scotland and Wales, with their hilly farming land and rugged landscape, saw the need for an all-purpose stock and herding dog, hence the ‘border collie’. Intelligence, tenacity, speed, ability to work tirelessly from morning ‘til night became the basis of the characteristics of this breed.

With the long lonely hours and rough terrain and climate, shepherd and dog formed a unique bond and respect, far beyond ‘a man’s best friend’.

Bragging rights in the local pubs, over a pint of beer, soon progressed to outright competition in the fields, where stock-dog trialing was born.

This little black and white dog crosses many an ocean, from Europe to Australia, North America, and South America, where bragging rights today are far more than over a ‘pint of beer’.

Come out at the IPE and see these tenacious dogs as they awe you with their tireless ability, intelligence, and beauty.

See You At The Parade!

Saturday, August 31 • 10:00 am

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Access into downtown Armstrong will be very limited during the parade. Visitors are asked to be in town before road closures begin at 9:30am or to take alternate routes using Otter Lake and/or Lansdowne Roads.

Stay after the parade to enjoy the fair!

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The West Coast Lumberjack Show returns to the Interior Provincial Exhibition August 28 to September 1st.

The show is made up of professional lumberjack athletes, all of whom are either current or former Canadian champions in the various events, as well as an emcee to guide the action. Our lumberjacks have recently been featured on several national television series including The Bachelor Canada and Canada’s Got Talent as well as internationally on The Amazing Race Australia and the new Bates Motel television series in the United States.

Events include log rolling, underhand and standing block chops, a hot saw race and, arguably the most entertaining event, pole climbing, where a pair of lumberjacks race up a large pole, ring a bell at the top then scamper their way back down to the ground.

The West Coast Lumberjack Show runs three shows daily. They are located on the ball diamond directly across from the Nor-Val Sports Centre.

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Based in West Kelowna, Valhalla Helicopters has operated commercially since 2003 but it was only in 2010 that the company launched the heli-tour side of the business, with unique helicopter wine tours to vineyards throughout the Shuswap, Okanagan, and Similkameen.

Regular scenic tours over the Okanagan are also offered.

Now the company offers joyflights at special events throughout the area, providing a fun and affordable opportunity for kids, adults and grandparents of all ages to experience helicopter flying.

Flights are $45 per person, on a first-come first-served basis and take off from the school grounds (across the street from the fairgrounds).

Additional tour information can be found on the website at www.valhallahelicopters.com

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